An assailant who shot three sheriff's deputies, two fatally, and a bystander in the Sacramento County area has been taken into custody, a spokeswoman for the Placer County sheriff said Friday night.
Spokeswoman Dena Erwin said 34-year-old Marcelo Marquez, who also tried to carjack two vehicles, was taken alive Friday afternoon from a home in Auburn.
She also announced that a second deputy shot by the suspect had died. The third deputy was shot in the arm and "sitting up and talking."
Fox 40 earlier reported that a female suspect with the gunman had been apprehended.
Sheriff John Scott earlier identified the first dead officer as Deputy Danny Oliver, a 15-year veteran, who had been shot in the head. The second victim was not immediately identified.
Erwin told FOX40 the department was "just insanely angry how this can happen, in one day guy kills two cops and injures another."
Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Bowman said the deputy was approaching a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot the Arden Way area of Sacramento near a Motel 6 when he was shot before 11 a.m. Friday. The Associated Press said the shooter was carrying AR-15 type assault rifle.
"The person who was inside of the vehicle shot rounds at the officer," she said during a press conference on Friday. "At least one shot was fired at our deputy, striking him at least one time."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/24/manhunt-underway-for-gunman-who-shot-3-california-sheriff-deputies-bystander/The most important thing of course is that the gun was an "assault rifle."
